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Angleur

Angleur lies in the Meuse basin region and has produced archaeological material linked to the Roman period.

Mithraic monuments of Angleur

 

Bronze finds from Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur

A group of bronze objects found in 1883 in a pit dug into the clay at Angleur near Liège in Belgica, proved by Cumont to have belonged to the decoration of a Mithras sanctuary, now in the Museum at Liège.

CIMRM 954

 

Bronze wind-god slabs from Angleur

Three small bronze slabs bearing roughly modelled bearded heads of wind-gods, each with a wing on the head, with iron hooks on the reverse for fastening, found at the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 955

 

Bronze zodiac sign slabs from Angleur

Four small bronze slabs with representations of zodiac signs — a leaping ram, a running lion, a scorpion, and a fish — with remnants of iron hooks, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 956

 

Bronze Medusa-head slab from Angleur

A small round bronze slab bearing a Medusa head, with serpents knotted below her chin and serpent heads emerging between two wings attached to the temples, with two hooks on the reverse, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 957

 

Bronze statuettes of Seasons from Angleur

Two bronze statuettes of youthful women in flying cloaks with outstretched hands holding an object, possibly representing the Seasons, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 958

 

Bronze Apollo statuette from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a standing naked youth wearing a necklace and with outstretched hands, the thumb of the right hand touching the index finger, with a hole in the back for fastening, possibly representing Apollo, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 959

 

Bronze lion statuette with perforated mouth from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a lion with an open mouth, in which a hole connects to another hole in the stomach, suggesting use as a fountain or conduit, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 960

 

Cylindrical bronze lion-head peg from Angleur

A cylindrical bronze peg with a lion's head in the middle, the groove-shaped mouth fitted with a small tube from the back, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 961

 

Bronze lioness head fragments from Angleur

Two fragments of a bronze statuette of a lioness, with the head preserved but the mouth lost, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 962

 

Bronze vase fragments from Angleur

Fragments of a small bronze vase with two handles, one of which is broken off, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 963

 

Bronze fountain mouth and spout fragments from Angleur

A bronze fountain mouth and a square spout, together with other fragments of round spouts, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

CIMRM 964

 

Mithraic monuments from Angleur

Group of Mithraic monuments preserved in the museums of Liège.

CIMRM 954-964

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